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Tells DepEd chief that he “cannot gamble” with children’s health amid presence of more contagious COVID variants (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte said that he is not yet ready to allow the resumption of face-to-face classes in primary and secondary schools. In his “Talk to the People” on Monday night, June 22, Duterte made his views known to Education Secretary Leonor Briones who was initially seeking to allow “face to face classes” in […]
(Eagle News) – Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that private schools can still open in June if they would want to, provided there would be no face-to-face interaction among students and teachers. “Pagbukas ng klase sa private school ay pupuwedeng mas maaga sa Hunyo pero wala pa pong face-to-face hanggang Agosto 24, 2020,” the Palace spokesperson said in a Laging Handa press briefing on Saturday, May 9. But Roque stressed that the school opening as […]
PRESIDENT Aquino said the government is making every effort to ensure the successful implementation of the K to 12 basic education program that will make the country’s future workforce more competitive in the job market. Aquino said the preparations that the government is doing will benefit not only the students but the teachers and the school employees who will be affected by the K to 12 basic education program. He acknowledged that there will be […]
MANILA, Nov. 21 — Committed to investing in basic education, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is releasing P775.5 million to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to cover the construction of classrooms in areas experiencing acute classroom shortage nationwide. The DBM in a statement said this is the fourth batch of funds released this year from the Basic Education Facilities Fund (BEFF), which had an allocation of P39 billion from the […]
